Introduction to people management

Human Resources if the modern term for “Personnel Management”. It’s role HR is defined as ‘a strategic and coherent approach to the management of an organisations most valued assets – the people working there who individually and collectively contribute to the achievement of its objectives’ [2].
To phrase this in another way HR departments create the best possible conditions for a business’s workforce, with the aim of allowing all individuals to maximise their potential to the benefit in the business. Roles of HR are many fold, including tasks such as workforce planning, recruitment and selection, training and development, disciplinary and grievance procedures, workplace law, negotiations with trade unions and appraisal.

INTRODUCTION 3

HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT IN J SAINSBURY’S 3

Recruitment and selection 3

Leadership and motivation 4

Training and appraisal 5

Disciplinary and grievance 5

CONCLUSIONS 6

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